Tadija Dragićević


Tadija Dragićević is a Serbian professional basketball player who last played for Cafés Candelas Breogán of the Liga ACB. Standing at, he plays the power forward position.

Professional career

Dragićević grew up with the KK Crvena zvezda youth teams, and patiently improved himself as a player, until he eventually became a team captain and Adriatic League MVP at the senior level. On January 22, 2010, after five years in the club's first team, he was released from the club, due to financial difficulties that the club had fallen into.
On January 25, 2010, he signed with the Italian club Lottomatica Roma, for the rest of the season. He spent the following season playing with Alba Berlin, in the Basketball Bundesliga. In July 2011, he signed a two-year contract with the Italian club Angelico Biella. In 30 games played in the Italian League, he averaged 10.6 points and 6.4 rebounds per game.
In July 2012, he signed a one-year deal with the Ukrainian club Azovmash. In October 2013, he signed a two-month deal with the Turkish team Anadolu Efes. Later that same season, he didn't extend his contract with the team, so he was released. On January 3, 2014, he returned to his former club, Crvena zvezda, signing a contract with them for the rest of the season.
On September 15, 2014, Dragićević signed a one-year deal with the French team Strasbourg IG. On September 24, 2015, he signed with the Montenegrin team Budućnost Podgorica.
On October 12, 2016, Dragićević signed with the Greek club Aris Thessaloniki for the rest of the 2016–17 season.
On January 7, 2018, Dragićević signed with Turkish club Yeşilgiresun Belediye. On December 29, 2018, he signed with Spanish club Cafés Candelas Breogán.

NBA draft rights

Dragićević was drafted 53rd overall in the 2008 NBA draft, by the Utah Jazz. His draft rights were traded in June 2012 to the Dallas Mavericks. On July 14, 2014, Dragićević's rights were traded to the Chicago Bulls, in exchange for Greg Smith. On January 22, 2019, Dragićević's rights were traded to the Houston Rockets, in exchange for Carmelo Anthony, the rights to Jon Diebler and cash considerations.

EuroLeague career statistics

Personal life

He is a twin brother of Strahinja Dragićević who is also a professional basketball player.